I recommend GoDaddy.com for your web hosting needs. They are priced very reasonable, and so far have provided me with decent service (both web service and customer service).

I used to recommend 1&1 web hosting, but they jerked me around, so now I not only DON'T recommend them anymore, I actively tell people NOT to use them.

I had to move several of my domains and hosting to GoDaddy a while back because of problems with 1&1 and everything was very smooth. I haven't had ANY problems with them so far (knock on wood) and my sites have been up and quick.

I host my videos and downloads on an Amazon S3 server since GoDaddy has limitations on the types of content you can put on their sites. So the site itself runs on GoDaddy, but the videos load from Amazon.

If you're taking my ASP or Frontpage classes, make sure to sign up for MICROSOFT hosting. You will need Frontpage Server Extensions (which they will set up for you). You do NOT want the Linux server with PHP.

(As of right now, Feb 2011, they have a basic Windows hosting package for just $4.99 a month which is perfectly fine for MOST sites).

Any questions, post them here.

Web Hosting Recommendations Upload Images   Link  Kim  7 years ago I recently began taking your Access and ASP courses and use www.jabry.net for my website which I use to practice my web design skills. The website is free and supports ASP :) Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Web Hosting Recommendations Upload Images   Link  Mary Ann  7 years ago Thanks Ric, i'll be waiting for that tutorials...can i still get a free upgrade for that expression web tutorial? Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Web Hosting Recommendations Upload Images   Link  Mary Ann S  7 years ago it seems that frontpage is kinda outdated (as per other web dev) and its quite hard nowadays to find webhosting that supports frontpage and asp classic..hope you can help me with this since frontpage is the only web editor in you tutorials. thanks Read More... Reply from Richard Rost: FrontPage has been discontinued by Microsoft. It's now called "Expression Web," It's basically the same program with some updates and enhancements. I'll be updating my course for Expression later this summer. Whether you have FP or Expression it's pretty much the same. Just looks a little different. You also don't need FP Server Extensions anymore. You can just use FTP. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

GoDaddy and SharePoint Upload Images   Link  Richard Rost  9 years ago I finally heard back from a rep at GoDaddy that knew what I was talking about. They confirmed that you need one of their Dedicated Servers or Virtual Dedicated Servers to run Sharepoint Services. The cheapest is about $30 a month. Read More... I'm looking into the two places that Alex mentioned. I'd love to have a preferred service provider ready so that when I release my Sharepoint Seminar, I can have a hosting package (hopefully with a discount) that I can recommend to my students. That way I can say, "ho here, sign up for this, and here's how to use it." Of course, I could always set up Sharepoint in my office... but I'm still running Windows 2000 Server here (hey, it works GREAT and is tweaked to my perfection) and it doesn't come with Sharepoint... so I'd have to upgrade to Windows 2008 Server and that's more work that I want to do right now... plus that doesn't give me a solution for YOU. Besides... having a web site hosted by someone else is the way to go. That way you don't have to worry about up-time, server room temperature, ISP problems, and all that stuff. If something goes wrong you just call them and say "FIX IT!!!" Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Web Hosting Recommendations Upload Images   Link  Alexander H  9 years ago http://accesshosting.com/ From $19 a month http://www.portalfronthosting.com/sharepoint-hosting-plan-comparison.html Read More... From $9.99 a month Not sure how good but might be of some use. Reply from Richard Rost: I was looking at AccessHosting.com earlier, but I'll have to check that other one out too. Thanks, Alex. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Web Hosting Sharepoint Upload Images   Link  Richard Rost  9 years ago Just from what I can find poking around in their support forums, you need one of the Dedicated Servers or Virtual Dedicated Servers to run Sharepoint 2010. The cheapest I found was $30 a month with a 1000 GB bandwidth limit. I'm looking into other, less expensive solutions for you all. Read More... Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Web Hosting Sharepoint Upload Images   Link  Richard Rost  9 years ago Well, the GoDaddy rep got back to me. I don't think he understood my question because he pointed me to this page and said I needed "shared legacy hosting for MS Access." That's not at all what I asked for. So I replied back that I wanted SHAREPOINT SERVICES hosting. We'll see if someone who knows what they're talking about gets back to me. That's the problem with tech support today... they're usually very cordial, but LEVEL ONE support is usually pretty inexperienced. Read More... I used to work in tech support for another company, and the first line of defense is usually a minimum wage guy with a list of FAQs in front of him. Whenever I actually CALL someplace for support, the first thing I usually say is, "can you please escalate me to a Level 2 Tech? I'm a computer nerd and I probably know more about your product than you do." Of course, I try to be real polite and not sound like a jerk... as that sounded while I wrote it. :) Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Web Hosting Sharepoint Upload Images   Link  Steven B  9 years ago Hi Richard, I'm very pleased with your Access courses so far...great instruction. I am planning to build a database that will enable a member on my site to look for a participating service provider (I'm connecting potential consumers to providers). As I do this, I am looking to find some basic setup guidance. I plan to have Go Daddy host (already bought the domains with them, but not subscribed to hosting yet) and as I look at setting up my Access database, I noticed there is an option to build a "Blank Database" or a "Blank Web database". If I plan to use my DB on the web with Go Daddy hosting, do I need to use the 2nd (Web)DB option? My concern is that I can only build in datasheet mode with the "Web" DB option in MS Access 2010. Read More... Thanks for all the help! Reply from Richard Rost: I do highly recommend GoDaddy for your hosting. I've tried several other providers and none of them come close to the level of service, quality, and up-time that I've experienced with GoDaddy. Make sure you get MICROSOFT HOSTING and not LINUX HOSTING. You want to be able to use the Frontpage extensions to manage your site with FP or Expression Web. You can just copy an Access database to your web and read/write to/from the database using ASP and the techniques I cover in my Web Database Seminar and/or Access Web Sync Seminar. It requires a little bit of programming, but it's the best, most secure way. With that said, if you want to build an actual WEB DATABASE using Access 2010 then you need SHAREPOINT hosting. Now I just spent about 15 minutes doing a search on GoDaddy's site and I cannot find any Sharepoint hosting plans! Talk about bad web design. So I sent an email to their customer support asking them what plan you need to host a Sharepoint database. I'll let you know when I get a reply. In the mean time, I know there are a dozen other companies out there that offer Sharepoint hosting. If you just Google "sharepoint access hosting" you'll see what I mean. I would hold off though and wait until I get a reply from GoDaddy. They're my first choice for anything hosting related (which is funny because my MAIN web site is hosted at a different, local facility, and I register my domain names through a different company... haha). Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Web Hosting Recommendations Upload Images   Link  Mubeezi Micah  9 years ago Thank u Richard! I will give it a go Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Web Hosting Recommendations Upload Images   Link  Mubeezi Micah  9 years ago Dear Richard, Do you still recommend Godaddy? Or is there something better now? I just received a bill of $119 as annual subscription fees (for web hosting) from Yahoo. Please advice advice me Read More... Thank you! MICAH Reply from Richard Rost: Yes, ive been happy with godaddy so far. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

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